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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English rīth (“a small stream”), from Old English rīþ (“a small stream”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rith (plural riths)
- (obsolete) A small stream.
- They waded further up the rith.
Usage notes
Now mostly found in surnames and place names like Hendrith and Tingrith.
Synonyms
- (small (usually fordable) stream): brooklet, bourn, freshet, gill, rill, rindle, rivulet, runlet, runnel, streamlet
- (small water course): beck, burn, crick, fresh, race, run
Further reading
Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish reithid (verb) and riuth (noun), from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *retus (noun) (compare Middle Welsh redec), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-. The vowel of the verb has been replaced with the vowel of the verbal noun, but is preserved in the dialectal form reath.
Pronunciation
Verb
rith (present analytic ritheann, future analytic rithfidh, verbal noun rith, past participle rite)
- to run
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
Noun
rith m or f (genitive singular reatha, nominative plural rití)
- verbal noun of rith
- Synonym: reáchtáil
- run
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69
Further reading
- (verb): Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “rithim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 573
- (noun): Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “rith”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 573
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
rith
- Soft mutation of rhith.
Mutation